Achieving comprehensive personal privacy is a complicated goal involving a lot of complex, discrete steps. On this blog I (and on the podcast we) spend a lot of time focusing on the highly specific, individual steps. Often we fail to provide a lot of context for why we’re doing them, or how they fit into the bigger picture. This was called to my attention recently when an old friend contacted me. He has a legitimate safety reason to wish to…
Complete Privacy & Security Podcast E075: A Conversation With the EFF This week we sit down with the EFF to discuss secure messaging considerations.
Complete Privacy & Security Podcast E074: The Consequences of Leaving Facebook This week, Aaron Frankel from In The Rabbit Hole joins us to explain his experiences while moving his business away from Facebook.
This post will examine and explain the Mul-T-Lock high security lock. Besides the Medeco, this is one of the most popular high-security locks on the US market. If you live in a major metropolitan area in North American, you probably walk by these on a daily basis. If you’re looking to improve the lock on your home, you could do a lot worse than one of these.
Complete Privacy & Security Podcast E073: This Week in Privacy This week we discuss Facebookâs latest privacy issues, Microsoft censoring your communication, Google tracking, the latest Offense/Defense, and listener questions.
Complete Privacy & Security Podcast E072: Switching to Linux Part 4 – Hurdles This week we wrap up our Linux transition with our guest David Westcott, sponsored by System76.com.
In my search for iOS-friendly VPNs, I ran across of Mullvad VPN a review by ThatOnePrivacyGuy. If you follow TOPG you know he doesn’t suffer shoddy VPNs and is extremely exacting in his review methodology. He’s also beholden to no one, and if it ain’t right, he’ll say so. I don’t agree with everything he says, but if he says something is “easily has one of the best VPNs [he’s] ever seen or used,” it’s worth taking a look at….
Complete Privacy & Security Podcast E071: An Inside Look at People Search Sites This week we get an inside peek of the people search website industry, and learn some surprising details.
Complete Privacy & Security Podcast E070: Switching to Linux Part III: Applications This week we continue our conversation about switching to Linux, sponsored by System76.com.
I used to spend a lot of time in South Carolina’s capital city. I had regular work trips to Columbia, usually lasting two to three weeks at a time. I hadn’t been back in several years, but recently I had the opportunity to spend a weekend there, and something has changed. Columbia has implemented a very broad public surveillance system. This post will touch on the Columbia SC surveillance system and discuss some of the implications this raises.